Process of lettering



A. N. SANDT.

PROCESS OF LETTERING. I APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1921.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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ARLINGTON N. SANDT, OEItED WING, MINNESOTA.

PROCESS LETTERING.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ARLINGTON N. SANDT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue and 'State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and Improved Process of Lettering, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, .and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in process of lettering, anobject of the invention being to so letter a curved or receding surfacethat the word or words formed by the letters will have the sameappearance as if the surface were a fiat one.

A further object is to provide an improved process of lettering whichhas particularly to do with the labeling of cans, bottles, or othercontainers having cylindrical, angular, or other recedin surfaceswhereby the printing on the labe s can be readand displayed with thesame clearnes s and effect as if the surface were flat.

Cans, bottles, containers etc., have heretofore been provided withlabels printed with letters of the same size or uniform size, so thatthe letters on the receding portions of the surface appear smaller andare diflicult to read, and it is the purpose of my invention to soproportion the letters that they will appear of a uniform size when thearticle is in elevation, so that the labels can be prominentlydisplayed.

With these and other objects in view the invention consistsin certainnovel arrangement of of letters and process of forming the same, as willmore fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is aview in elevation illustratin a fragment of the can containing a label or ettering in accordancewith my improved process. y

Figure 2 is a view in section through the can showing by dot and dashlines the position and proportions of the letters on the can shown inFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the labelused on the can shown in Figures 1and 2.

1 represents an' ordinary cylindrical can and 2 a-label pasted thereoncontaining letters arranged in accordance with my improved process. Itwill be noted particularly by reference to Fi re 3 that the end letters3 are preferably wider than the intermediate letters, all the lettershaving the same height,

ing consisting in proportionin so that when the label is secured to thecurved surface of the can and the can placed upon the shelf so that itis viewed'in elevation, all of the letters will appear of the samegeneralvwidth as shown in Figure 1, so that the appearance of thelettering is as if the word were upon a flat surface and not upon'acurved or receding surface.

The relative proportions of the widths of theseletters are to be variedin accordance with the diameter of the can or rather the recedingsurfaces on which the letters are to be located, and it is obvious thatthe invention applies not only to a cylindrical con: tainer of curvedcross-section, but to any form of container either of glass, metal, orother.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 10, 1922, Applicationfiled April 30, 1921. Serial No. 465,721.

material, either curved or angular in crosssectionwhere there arereceding surfaces upon which letters are to be formed to indicate thecontents, or other printed matter desired on the container, and it isalso to be understood that I may form the letters directly on the caneither by hand painting or by any other means and dispense with anattached Label, and, in fact, my invention is broadly to the idea of aprocess of lettering whereby a word or words are printed upon a surfacein which a portion thereof is receding so that the word can be read asif printed upon a flat surface, and to accomplish this I proportion theletters on the receding surface insuch a way as to render such a resultpossible, and I desire to cover broadly this idea rather than anyparticular means for carrying it out.

Various sli ht changes might be made in the general orm and arrangementof the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence Ido not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations asfairly fall within the s irit and scope of the appended claims.

I c aimz' i 1. The hereindescribed process of letterthe width of letterswhereb the letters w en on a receding surface Wlll have the appearanceofuniform width.

2. The hereindescribed process of letter- 1% ing consisting in formingletters on a recedmg surface, the letters farthest removed from theforward lane of the surface being appreciably wi er than the otherletters, whereby the letters taken together have the appearance of"being printed upon a flat 4. The hereindescribed process oflabelsurface. Y ing cans consisting in providing letters on 10 3. Thehereindescribed process of labelthe can, the intermediate letters beingaping containers having receding surfaces, preciably narrower than theend letters, 5 comprising a series of letters in horizontal whereby theletters in assemblage appear as alignment, the end letters being-0fapprebeing printed upon a fiat surface.

ciably greater width than the intermediate letters. I ARLINGTON N.SANDT.

